@D.Lo
ah cheers, about what i expected then - just need a 72 to 60 pin adapter, easy enough
am i right in thinking that a us n8 pro everdrive via such an adapter would use the extra sound channels on that hardware, though? i ask cause i wanna say i remember having to find ROMs with the FM synth intact for my master system everdrive after getting the board installed, i figure fami or fds roms should be fine but wanted to make sure i got the best sound out of this thing!
New 72 pin replacement option for front loaders.
It claims to be under $20, but you also need to print, or buy, a 3d printed part and solder 228 pins. Aimed more at the tinkerer/diy audience than an off the shelf product for sure. Maybe one of the retro retailers will eventually sell it as a prebuilt kit.
Someone can’t just clone blinking light win?
I guess it’s just too niche to warrant full manufacture?
Yeah, good question. It looks like a similar one has beta units out for testing as of a couple months ago:
i prolly should’ve picked up a blinking light win ages ago when they were fresh out
is it safe to assume they’re pricey now?
They’ve been out of stock for a while now. I’m not sure if more are planned or not. I haven’t really kept up with them after I got one.
There’s a better alternative in the works. NES Drawer I think. No death grip either.
I posted about it at ERA.
Same one as above? Will keep an eye out.
My refurbed one works okay but more reliable would be good.
Preorders for the Slotmaster are open, shipping early to mid-May. $30 for ready to install, $20 for diy, not too bad imo.
I’ve been mostly on a Sega kick recently but thought I’d grab off the shelf some of my favourite rare, expensive or interesting games to have a play. Heres what I grabbed.
These are the really expensive ones. I think Gekikame Ninja Den is probably the most expensive nowdays. I got damn lucky collecting most stuff 15-20 years ago.
Nice! Some heavy hitters here. Crisis Force is pretty incredible to see running on the fami.
Finally got nice boxed Dynamite Batman for an acceptable price, been planning to get this for many years.
It has the reverse case format like Gremlins (but not the original Batman…)
No manual/poster unfortunately, but this was expensive enough…
The belt on my Twin Famicom went for good, so I passed it on to someone who wants to repair and use it. I’ve always wanted the standalone FDS unit so this was a good excuse to move toward that goal!!! I’m just glad I beat Zelda no Densetsu last year before it happened. Fantastic game.
In the mean time I’ve acquired the Hudson Joycard Mk II and Hori Commander controllers:
Looking forward to testing both…
…but I must confess I really just picked up the Hudson controller because I adore the brushed metal and wine red of the Famicom, which my AV Famicom doesn’t express.
Which makes me wonder: Was I right to peel off this film on the Hudson Joycard? It’s amazing to feel and see the untouched brushed metal underneath, but curious about whether it shipped like this back in the day, or whether it’s a third party add-on?
Excuse the terrible quality:
Really such an amazing look. Great get.
I’ve been going through RndStranger’s Famidaily series for a while now.
He’s made a video for every single official release on the Famicom, most of them about 7 to 10 minutes long. This is a really good way to find out more about what’s available on the Famicom that’s much lesser known.
RndStranger made a new six hour video covering all of the NES games that were not released in Japan.
Interesting, will check it out.
I played through the Ufouria 2 on Switch and loved it so have been on a bit of a ‘rare Sunsoft games’ kick. So I finally played Gimmick.
It’s pretty good and well done but short. I played it mostly properly until a boss near the end (claw and robot walker things) which was brutal, upon which I looked up how to use save states on the everdrive, then finished it off scumming. The final boss was way easier than that one though!
I say mostly properly, because either through a glitch or somehow had a hacked ROM I had 99 lives?
Anyway I’d not call it ‘legendary’ but it is a real ‘gem’.
Gimmick! really is a special game. I sort of ruined it by trying to go for the true ending, which requires a lot of careful precision to the point where I’d just give up if I couldn’t beat a level without finding the special item in it. Should probably let that feeling go and play through the game normally and actually beat it!
Interesting! It was one of the biggest disappointments of the last year for me. The designers took the joy of exploration that the first game nailed so well - fine in itself! - but replaced it with really hollow numbers-go-up repetition.
The difficulty curve never really increases which is what ultimately bothered me, as long as you go through these fairly rote sidescroller sections and collect enough coins you’re guaranteed to get to the end.
I wasn’t fond of how it was marketed as the return of in-house developed Sunsoft titles when the game was almost entirely developed by Tasto Alpha.
Hmm, I just found it a beautiful looking and sounding charming basic romp.
Something funny, I was put onto RndStranger ‘Famidaily guy’ on youtube by razorbeamz and PassiveObserver.
I got to Goonies on Famicom disk, a disk writer only game that never had a box art.
And I see the disc cover I created in 2015!
It was documented here:
It seems versions of my fake covers (cart case and disc case variations), with my personal choices for colours etc, have propagated out there, eg
But what’s weird is I didn’t have high quality files of it on the article. Several people have emailed me about it over the years, and I sent them a copy, one of them must have used it somewhere and it propagated lol.
